ATLANTA – Mercer's Board of Trustees approved promotions, tenure and emeriti status for faculty from the University's 12 schools and colleges, as well as the University Libraries, during its April 21 meeting:
College of Liberal Arts
Craig Coleman, promoted to professor of art
Lori Johnson, promoted to professor of political science
Carolyn Yackel, promoted to professor of mathematics
Garland Crawford, awarded tenure and promoted to associate professor of chemistry
Jose Pino, promoted to associate professor of Spanish
Jamie Cockfield, promoted to professor emeritus of history
Mary Ann Drake, promoted to professor emerita of women's and gender studies
Brian Rood, promoted to associate professor emeritus of international and global studies
School of Law
Cathy Cox, awarded tenure
Teri McMurtry-Chubb, promoted to professor
Jeremy Kidd, awarded tenure
Suzanne Cassidy, promoted to professor emerita
College of Pharmacy
Lea Bonner, promoted to clinical associate professor
Melissa M. Chesson, promoted to clinical associate professor
Christine Klein, promoted to clinic associate professor
Brian Crabtree, awarded tenure
Hewitt W. Matthews, promoted to professor and dean emeritus
School of Medicine
Bowden Templeton, promoted to associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences
Allen G. Tindol, promoted to associate professor of internal medicine
Carolyn Klatt, promoted to associate professor
Brad Lian, awarded tenure
Eric Shaw, awarded tenure
Jacob Warren, awarded tenure
Arthur Baker, promoted to associate professor
Kristina Hawkins, promoted to associate professor
Edward Clark, promoted to professor
Abdelmoneim Younis, promoted to professor
Vishwas Sakhalkar, promoted to professor
Ananda Weerasuriya, promoted to professor emeritus of basic medical science and physiology
Richard Elliott, promoted to professor emeritus of basic medical science
Carl Boyd, promoted to professor emeritus of surgery
Keith Ellis, promoted to professor emeritus of family medicine
Raymond Rudolph, promoted to professor emeritus surgery
William Wessinger, promoted to professor emeritus of surgery
Robert Donner, promoted to professor emeritus of pathology
School of Engineering
Susan Codone, promoted to professor of technical communication
Ha V. Vo, promoted to professor of biomedical engineering
University Libraries
Jeremy Brown, promoted to associate professor
Townsend School of Music
Elizabeth Pridgen, awarded tenure and promoted to associate professor
Christopher Schmitz, awarded tenure and promoted to professor of music history
Carol Goff, promoted to professor of collaborative studies
Penfield College
Ian Henderson, promoted to professor emeritus of liberal studies
Kenyon Knapp, promoted to professor of counseling
Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and Economics
Beth Chapman, awarded tenure and promoted to associate professor
Geoffrey Ngene, awarded tenure and promoted to associate professor of economics
Julie Petherbridge, awarded tenure and promoted to associate professor
Steven McClung, promoted to professor
College of Health Professions
Joseph Donnelly, promoted to clinical professor of physical therapy
Niamh Tunney, promoted to clinical associate professor of physical therapy
Jeannette Anderson, promoted to clinical associate professor of physical therapy
Elizabeth Dickerson, promoted to clinical associate professor of physician assistant studies
Georgia Baptist College of Nursing
Lanell Bellury, awarded tenure
Cynthia Rubenstein, awarded tenure and promoted to professor
Laura R. Madden, promoted to clinical assistant professor
Charles Smith, promoted to clinical assistant professor
Brenda Rowe, promoted to associate professor emerita
Ann Keely, promoted to associate professor emerita
